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Old 08-10-2008, 01:04 AM   #5
Bob Thompson
'97 Excella 25

 
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Ok, so I'm the desenting voice. I have problems with the whole thing from bed to wet bath to desk to booth seating to round corners on everything. I'll start with scale, things don't seem to be drawn to scale. A short queen bed is 60x75. Round cornered mattresses are very difficult to come by so this one will have to be custom
made of foam. Three cornered beds are almost impossible to make, and be assured the person sleeping in the most aft position is going to hate crawling over to get in and out. Better to have a pedistal queen with access around 3 sides. A wet bath is a big turn off. Lose the sink and make a step in shower. If you want a sink, you can put one accessed from the hall for brushing teeth, hand washing, etc. The commode is going to have a hard time getting the drain pipe to the black water tank and miss the wheel well. A desk is very optional. You could easily put a swing out support for a laptop in lieu of dedicating a whole bunch of space to a desk. Comfortable evening seating is essential. Booth seating is OK for meals, but is miserably uncomfortable for evenings and rainy days, especially while watching TV. I kept a decent RV only 3 months after discovering I was miserable in the evening because I couldn't get comfortable while watching evening TV after dinner. The amount of seating at the booth doesn't seem to be proportional to the number occupents. Better to make room for some seriously comfortable recliners, and anticipate fewer people. The number of occupants is a good place to start when developing the floor plan. The wardrobe is fine as is the nightstand. The kitchen is ok except for the refrigerator goes all the way to the floor (you've backed it up to a wheel well) plus service access to the frig is from the exterior at floor level. In a 26 footer, you want easy access to everything and luxury. In my opinion this floor plan may be luxurious but it's style over substance. It reminds me more of a 20 footer floor plan. Getting things to real world scale will help. This plan is a good exercise to learn the various requirements so I expect the next edition will solve a lot more problems.

These are only my opinions based on the way I use my own 25 footer. Others may have different priorities and think it is great.

If you want to see how a pedistal queen can work, or comfortable seating, or spaciousness, check out my photos, (I even show a fold down computer desk): http://www.airforums.com/photos/brow...00&userid=3264
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